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Chapter 1019

At the pier of Edo Castle, the shogunate navy gathered a large number of troop carriers, planning to drop the shogunate troops from the rear to the front lines of Owari and Nara by sea.

Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was wearing a golden samurai armor with a sword at his waist, and he was dressed like a warrior from the Warring States Period.However, the Warring States Period has been over for decades, and the armor of samurai is as weak as a piece of white paper in front of muskets, but it is a symbol of the spirit of martial arts in the Warring States Period.Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to easily defeat the Lee Dynasty of Goryeo, which has something to do with the Chongwu spirit cultivated since the Warring States Period.In contrast, the struggle between the literati schools in Korea exhausted its own national power, and it was normal for it to be brutalized by Dongying.

Teams of soldiers from the "Shinsengumi" of the shogunate in uniform stood neatly in queues. They were all equipped with muskets, which were the muskets used by the Kyushu Army to support the shogunate in the past.

The instructors of the Kyushu Army helped the shogunate to train the new army to fight against, and they were called "Shinsengumi" by the shogunate. They were the core force of the shogunate army.If it weren't for this new type of army that was helping the shogunate against the Allied Forces, maybe Japan would have been unified by the Allied Forces a few years ago.

Regardless of whether the shogunate or the allied forces to unify Japan, it is not in the interests of the Kyushu Army, which leads to the extremely complicated situation now.

"General, all the 12000 soldiers of the Shinsengumi are ready. As long as you give an order, all the soldiers of the Shinsengumi will follow you to Nagoya and attack Osaka Castle." Nobuzuna Matsudaira was also wearing samurai armor, with a straight figure, holding a helmet Waiting for instructions from Tokugawa Iemitsu.

"The Shinsengumi is the most powerful army in our shogunate. It is equipped with new guns and artillery. Except for driving the fallen coalition forces back to the Kansai area, they have been hidden by me. Usually, only a small group of troops are sent to fight on the front line in Osaka. The decisive battle to unify the four islands this time is to wipe out all the Shinsengumi and win. A complete and united empire, even if the opponent’s population is ten times that of ours, it will be difficult to completely annex us. The Beiyang Fleet is deeply involved in the Korean civil war. Such an example."

Tokugawa Iemitsu took a group of samurai armed to the teeth to inspect the soldiers of the Shinsengumi for the last time before departure.He believes that even if the size is not as good as Huaxia, as long as the country is unified, it will still be able to avoid being annexed in the process of Huaxia's rise.

"Did the Beiyang Fleet ships in Yokohama Port block the Uraga Waterway?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked about the exit of Edo Bay.

If the Beiyang Fleet led by Shi Daxuan blocked the Uraga waterway, the new army led by him would not be able to reach the Owari region where Nagoya is located by waterway.

A gray-haired old general wearing heavy armor replied: "According to the report from the navy, the Beiyang Fleet has limited warships left behind in Yokohama Port, and the intention is only to protect the Yokohama Concession. Edo Bay and nearby waters are blocked."

"Mizuno Katsunari, you have to understand the cunning of the Beiyang Fleet. It's not that they don't want to block it. It's just that the reinforcements haven't arrived yet. It's impossible to seal a small piece of sea with just a few ships. And they are moored in Yokohama Port. Once the ship comes out, we can send troops to recover the Yokohama Concession. Once their reinforcements arrive, I think they will immediately block the sea route, and we can only transport grain and gunpowder to Nagoya by land. The transportation of grain by land is ten days slower than by sea. For half a month, it is likely to affect the entire battle situation."

As the general of the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu gradually learned about Chu Yun's details during the few years of contact with the Kyushu Army. He knew that the Kyushu Army had two other fleets besides the Beiyang Fleet that was stationed in Dongpu.Among them, the Nanyang Fleet is absolutely inseparable from the vast seas of the Nanyang region. Tokugawa Iemitsu is not worried at all that the Nanyang Fleet will appear in Edo Bay. On the contrary, it is the Zhili Fleet of Weihaiwei that worries Tokugawa Iemitsu the most.

According to the intelligence of the shogunate, Weihaiwei's Zhili Fleet is the most elite fleet under the Kyushu Army, and there is no special combat target. The fleet that Chu Yun is most likely to send is probably the most advanced Zhili Fleet.The warships of the Zhili Fleet were not built locally, but were directly summoned, and they were more mature in shipbuilding technology than the hastily built warships in the local area.

"Who is this strong man?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked when he saw a samurai with Mizuno Katsunari beside him.

"General, this is the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi." Mizuno Katsunari replied.

"It turned out to be the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who defeated Sasaki Kojiro on Iwajima 20 years ago, Niten's first-class creator." Tokugawa Iemitsu was in awe.

At this time, after experiencing the turmoil of the Warring States Period, Dongying advocated force and swords. The Ming Dynasty still imported many high-quality swords from the local area.

"Miyamoto Musashi pays homage to the shogun!" Miyamoto Musashi, who was already in his early fifties, had wrinkles on his face, but was still in high spirits.

After the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, the legend of the swordsman has faded greatly, and the impression he gives is not as gorgeous as before, but he still has his persistence in personal martial arts.

"With Miyamoto-kun joining our expeditionary force, we will surely be able to kill the heads of the southeastern rebels!" Said the old man Mizuno Katsunari who invited Miyamoto Musashi.

"Well, I am here to inform the whole army, so that the soldiers of the whole army can fight as hard as Miyamoto-kun." Tokugawa Iemitsu said seriously.

Is personal swordsmanship useful on the battlefield?On the surface, Tokugawa Iemitsu gave Mizuno Katsunari enough face, because Mizuno Katsunari was a veteran figure left behind in the late Warring States Period, and he was also a cousin of his grandfather Tokugawa Ieyasu.But Tokugawa Iemitsu had doubts in his heart about the personal martial arts that was valued in the cold weapon era.

Regardless of whether these fancy two-swords and three-swords are practical on the battlefield, matchlock guns gradually replaced swords and cavalry in the late Warring States period. , Tokugawa Iemitsu is not optimistic, maybe it is not as practical as a musketeer who has been trained for a month on the battlefield.The addition of Miyamoto Musashi is at most used to boost morale.

"Board the ship and prepare to go to Osaka Castle to fight the rebels to the death!"

After Tokugawa Iemitsu inspected the army, he took a deep breath and gave the order to go out.

"Great General Wu Yun Masamura!" Sakai Tadakatsu, Abe Tadaaki and other shogunate ministers who stayed behind in Edo Castle bid farewell to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Everyone present knew that this was the shogunate's last self-rescue operation. It was hard to wait until the time to unify Japan. Once it failed, there would be no such opportunity.

"The shogun has finally left Edo Castle." Chengichi Tanaka was among the farewell crowd, and the Huaxia Society he led could do things in Edo Castle.

(End of this chapter)